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habitat

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hab·i·tat  (hb-tt)
n.
1. The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs: a marine habitat.
2. The place where a person or thing is most likely to be found.
3. A structure that affords a controlled environment for living in extremely inhospitable locations, such as an underwater research laboratory.

[Latin, it dwells, third person sing. present of habitre, to dwell; see habitable.]

habitat [ˈhæbɪˌtæt]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) the environment in which an animal or plant normally lives or grows
2. (Sociology) the place in which a person, group, class, etc., is normally found
[from Latin: it inhabits, from habitāre to dwell, from habēre to have]

habitat  (hb-tt)
The area or natural environment in which an organism or population normally lives. A habitat is made up of physical factors such as soil, moisture, range of temperature, and availability of light as well as biotic factors such as the availability of food and the presence of predators. A habitat is not necessarily a geographic areafor a parasitic organism it is the body of its host or even a cell within the host's body.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.habitathabitat - the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds"
environs, surround, surroundings, environment - the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"
habitation - the native habitat or home of an animal or plant

habitat
noun home, environment, surroundings, element, territory, domain, terrain, locality, home ground, abode, habitation, natural home In its natural habitat, the hibiscus will grow up to 25ft.
Translations
habitat [ˈhæbɪtæt] Nhábitat m
habitat [ˈhæbɪtæt] nhabitat m
in their natural habitat → dans leur habitat naturel
habitat
nHeimat f; (of animals also)Lebensraum m
habitat [ˈhæbɪˌtæt] nhabitat m inv
habitat [ˈhæbɪˌtæt] nhabitat m inv


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The streams were deep and slow, and there were holes of abysmal depth, where any kind and size of antediluvian monster could find a habitat.
The Fire People must have increased in numbers until they pressed uncomfortably against the bounds of their habitat.
With the termination of the adventure, we began to speculate upon the explanation of the presence of this savage brute at large so great a distance from its native habitat.
 
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